Art Movements

Rendering of Roy Lichtenstein’s “Five Brushstrokes,” designed 1983-84, fabricated 2012. The sculpture will be unveiled for the first time this August at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (image courtesy the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.

A claim made by descendants of Peggy Guggenheim against the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation that the original displays in her Venetian palazzo should be preserved without contemporary art was rejected in Paris court.

The Shigeru Ban-designed Aspen Art Museum opens on August 9, with 17,500 square feet of exhibition space illuminated by a woven exterior and transparent design.

Battery Park’s elaborate $16 million ocean-themed carousel won’t open until spring of 2015 — two years later than the Battery Conservancy planned. Delays are due to construction complications, as well as Hurricane Sandy.

The Tent of Tomorrow, which received restoration funding from NYC (photo by the author)

Roy Licthenstein’s “Five Brushstrokes” was acquired by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The sculpture (rendered at the top of this post), with pieces stretching 40 feet high, was commissioned in the 1980s and never assembled, so this August will be its premiere.

In November, the Prince’s Palace of Monaco Napoleon museum will auction its contents, including the hat the deposed emperor wore on Elba. The head of the Remember Napoleon society told Agence France-Presse: “I suppose French museums will attempt to acquire some pieces, but will they have the means?”